The Brookhaven leader., 1887-04-21

proved complete success, as far aB speed
was concerned. An average speed of fif-
teen and Onc-half knots per hour was main
taincd for several con nsecutive nodrs, while
at times the vessels speed exceeded six.
teen knots per hour.
PARNELt.. Michael Dayltt and o number
of other prominent IrisHmen are actively
engaged ia the promotion OF the organiza
tion of the Irish Wooden Manufacturing
ind Exporting Company; capital, $4,000.
JOHS CHRISTIAN, brother Of James
Christian, who was killed few days ago
near Pottsboro. Tex, organized posse of
twelve or thirteen to hunt the murderers
down. Alexander Duzln and Steven Rus
sell, the two men who killed Christian, and
Lutterel, were killed, making four lves
lost. Further bloOdshed was expected,
The remains pf President Lincoln were
taken from theiF secret resting place and in
TERED in tho north vault Of Oak Ridge Gem.
ctcry at Springfield Hi, April IA, the
r~crtt- serond anniversary of his assassin.
atlon.
TIE New England brick works at Daven.
port, Mass, burned recently. Loss heavy.
4 PARTY of unknown men raided the Of
flee of the Orl, at Troy, n Y, the other
morning. The foreman, Carlos B. Conant,
was beat over the head with clubs until he
vas UNCONSCIOUS They ped tho type
tumpod the cases and racks, the composing
stones were broken and general chaos Gre
atcd. Recently the Owi was noted for its
attacks on the knights Of Labor.
The business failures during the seven
days ended April II numbered for the United
States, l4j; for Canada, 20; total, l75,
against 223 the previous week. Business
casualties were ON the decline in every sec.
ton Of the country
THB COMPTROLLER OF the Currency has de
clarud second dividend Of forty per cent.
to the creditors Of the City National Bank
of Williamsport, Pa. This makes in all
ninety per cent. paid to the creditors on
claims proved, amounting to Sl30,34l.
The Board of Trade Of Indianapolis, Ind.
has adopted Il strong protest against the
Interstate Commerce law as at present con-
strued, AMI especially appealing TO the
commission against the haul section.
a TORNADO ravaged St. Clairsville o., on
the 18th, extending nearly to Wheeling. w.
Va. At ST. Clairsville the damage was put
at $500 600.
Two hundred furnacemen in the Union
Steel CCmpany's works, Chicago, have
struck against the Poles employed as labor
crs
over Niles, O.. on the 18TH. Mrs Michael
Maloney, aged forty, was struck dead By
lightning while standing at an upstairs
window.
THE French Government has ordered an
inquiry into the management OF Cape ALLY
! light house, with a view of ascertaining
if II is true, "a alleged, that the fog horn
was only sounded after the packet steamer
Victoria had struck the rocks.
y LARGE fire was in progress at kenne-
bunkport, Me-, early on the morning of the
10th. Half of the business section Of the
town was consumed
ABOUT twenty-five creditors o, Clapp 4
Davis, wholesale jewellers, who failed fol
$330.000. held an Indignation meeting at
Chicago on the 18th at which there were
many angry Inumations that the firms al
| legged collapse was a barcfaced swindle.
THE boycottcd st. Louis stove patterns
were not gwen cut in Louisville, KY, anc
the expected strike did not take place.
THE Delaware Senate has passed til,
House bill prohibiting the manufacture anc
sale of all kinds Of imitation and adulter
atod butter.
| GEORGE GARDNER, OF Acton. Mass, has
! failed with 5000 liabilities and unknown
assets
A J. CHAPMAN. a wealthy farmer o
Holmes County, o.. was burned to dcatt
the other day while burning brush.
! THE Tdgcblatt Of Vienna says that Tichin
off, the man who fired at the Car recently
at the Gatschina Palace, was hanged The
same day on which the crime was commit
ted.
French deputies representing the fish
! ing interests of that nation have entered
protest against the Newfoundland Fisheries
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